I followed your example on refs— that may have worked for the lower stakes of the regular season— it remains to be seen if two teams playing in the state playoffs can agree on refs— that’s never been something they’ve done before— and teams complain about being homered by refs constantly as it is— if they think the refs aren’t fair in the playoffs, it will result in a call for an independent third-party to help arrange those— oh, yeah, that’s what the OHSAA does...
We’ll see how the seeding/brackets goes— they haven’t done it yet— you’re awfully confident now— wait until your school’s alums start bitching about the favoritism that public schools will show their own in the seeding— it’s already started on your school’s forum— and rightfully so— the polls voted on by coaches were absurd in their rankings— I highly doubt that it will be done without huge controvery and claims of bias.
The streaming of games has been low quality; Elder fans don’t want to pay for the product they have been getting; X’s stream on Friday night cut off at exactly 9:30pm, with the game still in progress (a` la the NFL Heidi game) with X driving at midfield down a FG, with less than a minute to go— no word, no indication of what happened— it was “student quality”– if that had been Elder in the state final, and you had been watching from home, you’d be singing a different tune right now.
I know that that the higher seeded teams are hosting the games for the earlier rounds— what happens when Pickerington (North or Central) faces X or Elder in a semi-final (And Both teams are top-seeded in their regions), and X wants the game in Dayton, Elder wants it in Cincinnati, and the Picks want it in Columbus or Dublin. Why should either of them back down.... So, NO, the sites are NOT figured out—nor is the State Final site, if left up to the teams.
It’s funny that my lack of research is “what is holding me back in life”— as I have that word in my job title— and it’s resulted in owning homes on both coasts, in the two most expensive areas in the country (though I do have HOPES of stepping up to the BIG TIME that is Price Hill— as I have my sights trained on a property on Hawthorne Avenue, right now)— so, ironically, I think my “research” has worked out real well... you, on the other hand, are real quick to dismiss the OHSAA when it is a nonsensical notion— I guarantee that if you asked Ramsay, Specht, Bolden, etc., if they want to assume all of the responsibilities for arranging this year’s state football tournament, if they think they would do a good job of it— would even be ABLE to handle it, they would not be NEARLY as quick to sign up for that as YOU seem willing to sign them up for it— and I‘d bet that the Elder, X, Colerain, Wayne, Pickerington ADs would say the same thing— you are just throwing stuff at the wall without any forethought...
What happens when some team (e.g.- Pickerington) decides to draft in some 20-year old “HS” player from Bishop Sycamore, to make a playoff run or Moeller starts offering those players ”scholarships” for the playoffs, or Taft suddenly convinces ALL of the best players at all other CPS schools to play for Taft in the playoffs— along with several of Colerain and Princeton’s best— who are you going to go to, to resolve those disputes? What happens when a key player gets thrown out of a playoff win for fighting-- and shows up on the field, and plays the next week— and the officials don’t stop him? There are a million logistical, rules interpretation, and eligibility questions that the OHSAA is the arbiter for every week, month and season— and the schools (and their coaches, ADs and principals) are NOT equipped or able to resolve all of those— that‘s WHY the schools created the OHSAA THEMSELVES in the FIRST PLACE—it was NOT imposed on them— so your notion is patently absurd.
